Maxine returns to the big screen to follow her dreams as an actress. X franchise filmmaker Ti West has confirmed he will be releasing the sequel to this year’s horror film soon X and its prequel Pearl, appropriate title MaXXXine. The project was officially announced at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival in September by West and production company A24 after a screening of Pearl revealing a post-credit teaser for maXXXine.
Ti West’s first project for the franchise, X, was released in February 2022. The film stars Mia Goth as Maxine, Jenna Ortega as Lorraine, Brittany Snow as Bobby Lynne, Scott Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi, as Jackson Hole, Martin Henderson as Wayne Gilroy, and Owen Campbell as RJ. Before the film was released, the only detail known about… X was the plot:
“A group of actors set out to make an adult movie in rural Texas under their reclusive hosts, but when the elderly couple catch their young guests in the act, the cast finds themselves in a desperate battle for their lives.”
After it was released, their elderly hosts are revealed to despise the group and their intentions and brutally kill them one by one. The elderly couple are Pearl and Howard, also played by Mia Goth and Stephen Ure respectively.
After X’en release and critical success, Ti West revealed in March 2022 that he had filmed the film’s prequel, Pearl, back to back with X. Pearl was released in September 2022 with Mia Goth reprising her role as the titular character. Goth and West wrote the prequel. The film serves as the origin story for the villain in X, “whose ardent aspirations to become a movie star led her to commit violent acts on her family’s Texas residence in 1918.”
Together with his predecessor Pearl did well critically, even Martin Scorsese praised it, leading to A24 being the third and final film of the X franchise, maXXXine. The third film is produced by A24, Jacob Jaffke and Ti West and executive produced by Goth, with Ti West returning as writer and director. Other producers are Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss.
Here’s everything we know so far maXXXine.
MaXXXine: The Storyline
MaXXXine‘s official synopsis reads:
“The film follows Maxine, after the events of X, as the lone survivor to continue her journey to fame to make it as an actress in 1980s Los Angeles.”
In an interview with Damn disgusting, West gives a little insight into what fans can expect from maXXXine, proverb:
“To top it all off, MaXXXine as a sequel to X good. MaXXXine being part of a trilogy is infinitely more interesting, so that was part of the overall concept. I think what will be fun in MaXXXineI’m not going to tell you what it’s about, but what’s nice is that it’s an evolution of the character, like you met Pearl in Xbut then you get to know another side of her in Pearl. Yes, you met Maxine. It is a continuation of Maxine, but she is at a very different point in her life. It will be interesting to catch up with her when we do, and to see Mia Goth in yet another way.”
We have a few more questions about the third movie, like what happens to Maxine between X, set in 1979, and this movie, set in 1985. Will it show her journey as she works to Los Angeles, while also healing the lone survivor of a massacre? What new horror will Maxine face in this new slasher? Will she become the villain to get where she wants to be as an actress? Finally, at the end of X, the sheriff arrives at the farm and notices the video camera. Is that covered in? MaXXXine?
MaXXXine: The Cast
So far, the only confirmed cast member of MaXXXine is Mia Goth, who reprises her role as Maxine from the first film. While we may not know much other cast information yet, we hope to see an ensemble cast as we got it X.
Knowing it’s set in Los Angeles, MaXXXine could see different characters. And we can see Maxine in different scenarios trying to make it as an actress in Hollywood, meeting new and different people she’s not used to because she’s from a small town.
Publication date
Although there is not much information for MaXXXine except for the teaser trailer and the announcement for the third and final movie of the X franchise, we hope to get more details soon. Knowing that X and Pearl were released so close together let’s hope we get it MaXXXine sooner than we expect.